V-Rally Edition '99 Demo Released

Hey fellas. Just wanted to let you know that the V-Rally Edition '99 demo has been released. You can grab it over at 3D Files: http://www.3dfiles.com/games/vrally.shtml -- Tony Wyss, Editor-in-Chief Gamers Alliance Sports www.ga-sports.com ------------------------------- Network Developer Gamers Alliance, Inc. www.gagames.com ------------------------------- "I'm not an athlete, I'm a baseball player" - John Kruk

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>On Sun, 4 Apr 1999 14:55:08 -0500, "Tony Wyss" >>Hey fellas. Just wanted to let you know that the V-Rally Edition '99 demo >>has been released. You can grab it over at 3D Files: >>http://www.3dfiles.com/games/vrally.shtml >Or OTOH you could save yourself a few minutes and avoid what is IMO an >out and out arcade effort. Speedy gfx but very poor car handling using >my Thrustmaster F1 wheel. Maybe it's a controller issue, but if you're >going to make a PC game you should support PC controllers.

Vrally 99 Is a horrid arcade game based on what I have seen of the demo. The graphics are smooth and fast, but why shouldn't they be with only one car to track? No visible damage. Extremely jerky control. I turned the sensitivity all the way down, over calibrated my joysticks, and it is still extremely touchy. Barley turn the car left or right and it flies immediately left or right. Hit a embankment? Flipping over? Not to worry, the car will always land on its wheels. And an arrow is always popping up in on your screen showing the turn, even though your co-pilot driver is telling you what the turn is. And, why can't I have an in-car view? I have the choice of sitting on the hood or the bumper but not inside the car? Extremely unrealistic, and very much an arcade racer in it's current form. -- -Gunslinger-

The demo is locked in arcade mode and controls like the accelerator pedal seem to be either on or off. No***pit that I could find so you are some disembodied entity screaming along like a bowling ball in a gutter. No car physics to speak of. The track graphics are nice: on a par with Powerslide which is, IMHO, a much better and more fun arcade style racer. It would be great if some European rally sim developer would license the GPL physics engine for use in a *** rally sim. If GPL can handle Mosport and Nurburgring then it ought to be able to cope with the demands of rally stages. David Erb

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> On Sun, 4 Apr 1999 14:55:08 -0500, "Tony Wyss" > >Hey fellas. Just wanted to let you know that the V-Rally Edition '99 demo > >has been released. You can grab it over at 3D Files: > >http://www.3dfiles.com/games/vrally.shtml > Or OTOH you could save yourself a few minutes and avoid what is IMO an > out and out arcade effort. Speedy gfx but very poor car handling using > my Thrustmaster F1 wheel. Maybe it's a controller issue, but if you're > going to make a PC game you should support PC controllers. > Kinda reminds me of grippier Screamer Rally, only Screamer Rally did it > better. > -- > Derek James